Beau Brummell (1954)

Beau Brummell (1954) (DVD) (*)

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English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Curtis Bernhardt

Written By:
Karl Tunberg
Clyde Fitch

Actors:
Stewart Granger ..... Beau Brummell
Elizabeth Taylor ..... Lady Patricia
Peter Ustinov ..... Prince of Wales
Robert Morley ..... King George III
James Donald ..... Lord Edwin Mercer
James Hayter ..... Mortimer
Rosemary Harris ..... Mrs. Fitzherbert
Paul Rogers ..... William Pitt
Noel Willman ..... Lord Byron
Peter Dyneley ..... Midger
Charles Carson ..... Sir Geoffrey Baker
Ernest Clark ..... Doctor Warren
Peter Bull ..... Mr. Fox
Mark Dignam ..... Mr. Burke
Desmond Roberts ..... Colonel

Synopsis:

Army officer George Bryan Brummel manages the unlikely feat of insulting the Prince of Wales and then being befriended by him. Brummel leaves the army and becomes the prince's friend and beneficiary. Brummel makes a name for himself with his stylishness, becoming the taste-maker for all of Europe. But another insult costs him the prince's good graces and Brummel's future prospects plummet. Only the love of the Lady Patricia seems likely to rescue him from disaster.

As an actor, British film star Stewart Granger was very handsome, but this is all that is required of him in Beau Brummell. Granger plays the famed 18th-century dandy and social arbiter who rises from poverty to become the adviser and severest critic of the Prince of Wales (marvelously portrayed as a self-involved neurotic by Peter Ustinov). Secure in his station in life, Brummell goes one step too far when he jokes about the Prince's obesity. The future King George IV will forget the whole thing if Brummell will apologize, but the haughty trendsetter refuses to do so. Brummell is banished from court, losing everything - including his chance at finding happiness with the aristocratic Elizabeth Taylor - in the process. Filmed on location in England, Beau Brummell was based on the same war-horse play by Clyde Fitch that had served as the inspiration for the 1924 Brummell starring John Barrymore.

Captain George Brummell is an upper-class dandy. He has to leave the army after having insulted the crown prince. This only gives him time to start a smear campaign against the prince. The prince, who is tired of all the yes-men around him, hires him as his chief advisor.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 19 June, 2019.